Regency Wall Decorations
REGENCY STYLE
Like France’s Empire style, Regency-style furniture was rooted in neoclassicism; the characteristics of its bedroom furniture, armchairs, dining room tables and other items include clean lines, angular shapes and elegant details.
Dating roughly from the 1790s to 1830s, antique Regency-style furniture gets its name from Prince George of Wales — formally King George IV — who became Prince Regent in 1811 after his father, George III, was declared unfit to rule. England’s Regency style is one of the styles represented in Georgian furniture.
George IV’s arts patronage significantly influenced the development of the Regency style, such as the architectural projects under John Nash, which included the renovation of Buckingham House into the formidable Buckingham Palace with a grand neoclassical facade. Celebrated designers of the period include Thomas Sheraton, Henry Holland and Thomas Hope. Like Nash, Hope instilled his work with classical influences, such as saber-legged chairs based on the ancient Greek klismos. He is credited with introducing the term “interior decoration” to English with the 1807 publishing of Household Furniture and Interior Decoration.
Although more subdued than previous styles like Rococo and Baroque, Regency interiors incorporated copious use of chintz fabrics and wallpaper adorned in chinoiserie-style art. Its furniture featured fine materials and luxurious embellishments. Furniture maker George Bullock, for instance, regularly used detailed wood marquetry and metal ornaments on his pieces.
Archaeological discoveries in Egypt and Greece informed Regency-era details, such as carved scrollwork, sphinxes and palmettes, as well as the shape of furniture. A Roman marble cinerary chest, for example, would be reinterpreted into a wooden cabinet. The Napoleonic Wars also inspired furniture, with martial designs like tented beds and camp-style chairs becoming popular. While the reddish-brown mahogany was prominent in this range of pieces, imported woods like zebrawood and ebony were increasingly in demand.
Find a collection of antique Regency tables, seating, decorative objects and other furniture on 1stDibs.
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Style: Regency
Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Allegory of painting, early 18th century French school - oil on panel
Located in GRENOBLE, FR
Antique French school picturing an allegory of Arts : Muse Melpomene (you can tell with her traditional attributes - grapes crown and tragedy mask), wearing antique-style clothes, is...
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Early 18th Century French Antique Regency Wall Decorations
Materials
Giltwood, Paint
Group of Three Miniature Portraits / English Gentlemen
Located in Dallas, TX
a group or collection of three miniature portrait paintings of gentlemen, framed together, the central larger picture, English Regency, shows a younger man with brown hair dressed in...
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Late 18th Century English Antique Regency Wall Decorations
Materials
Silver
Large 17th century Aubusson Tapestry "Verdure" French
Located in Lyon, FR
Very big tapestry of the 17th century of the royal manufacture of Aubusson of the period "Verdure". Very beautiful work of craftsmanship for this unique p...
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17th Century French Antique Regency Wall Decorations
Materials
Wool, Linen
Vintage Print of George Washington Before the Battle of Trenton
Located in west palm beach, FL
A vintage print of the painting George Washington before the Battle of Trenton from 1792-94. Beautiful gilt tipped frame. Acquired at a Palm Beach estate.
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Late 18th Century North American Antique Regency Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Waterfall Shelves
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
A Chippendale design provincial three tier waterfall wall shelves with three central drawers, profusely decorated with both blind and pierced fret. Finished in a lightly aged gesso a...
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18th Century British Antique Regency Wall Decorations
Materials
Mahogany
Adam Wall Bracket Large
By Robert Adam
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
This late 18th century design carved and gilded wood wall bracket has a shaped and double moulded shelf and a tapered fan fluted body. The base is decorated with a lotus leaf collar ...
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Early 18th Century British Antique Regency Wall Decorations
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Gold, Gold Leaf
Adam Wall Bracket
By Robert Adam
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
This late 18th century design carved and gilded wood wall bracket has a shaped and double moulded shelf and a tapered fan fluted body. The base is decorated with a lotus leaf collar ...
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Late 18th Century British Antique Regency Wall Decorations
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Gold Leaf
Set of Four Antique French Celestial Engravings from John Flamsteed "Atlas Cele
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Including: Le Serpent, Le Bouvier, Pegase and Hercule along with other identified constellations on each page. Le Serpent with a fold down the center. The French edition of 27 plates...
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Late 18th Century European Antique Regency Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
(after) Adriaen Van Der Werff, Self Portrait, ca. 18th Century mezzotint
By Adriaen van der Werff
Located in San Diego, CA
Mezzotint after the 1699 self-portrait with the portrait of his wife, Margaretha van Rees, and their daughter Mariaby Adriaen van der Werff, now at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Hollan...
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18th Century Dutch Antique Regency Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
London 18th Century Pair of Regency Sterling Silver Sugar Nips
Located in Brescia, IT
England, London 18th Century pair of sterling silver sugar nips put in wooden black frames with glass. The wooden frames are a contemporary...
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18th Century English Antique Regency Wall Decorations
Materials
Sterling Silver
Hand-Colored Bird Engravings French Martinet-Buffon Ornithological Circa 1790
Located in Katonah, NY
These are beautifully drawn, detailed copperplate engravings from one of the most important ornithological works of the 18th century. They are rare and compelling hand-colored engra...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Regency Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Hand-Colored Bird Engravings French 18th Century by Francois-Nicolas Martinet
Located in Katonah, NY
We are pleased to offer these Individual bird scenes captured on paper in the Audubon bird engravings style.
These small, gem-like, hand-colore...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Regency Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
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George Edward Horton: The Launch of H.M.S. ‘Victoria’ from the Elswick shipyard of Sir W. G. Armstrong Whitworth and Co. Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1887, watercolour and pencil heig...
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1880s European Antique Regency Wall Decorations
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French Musical Wall Brackets
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A duo of musically inclined putti plays a horn and cymbals in this rare and attractive pair of French wall brackets. The patinated bronze putti ...
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French Miniature Portrait of Marie Antoinette
Located in London, GB
This portrait miniature, which depicts Marie Antoinette, is after a famous original by Le Brun. The current miniature is finely and skillfully painted, rendering an accurate represen...
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Pair of Fern Wall Brackets
Located in New York, NY
American, circa 1850-1880.
Eastern white pine (Pinus strobus), with wire armature and composition ornament, gessoed
and gilded.
Measures: 14 1/8 in. high, 16 5/16 in. wide (at the sh...
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19th Century American Antique Regency Wall Decorations
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Reverse Painting on Glass of George and Martha Washington by W. M. Prior
By William Matthew Prior
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th century reverse painted on glass portrait of George and Martha Washington by William Matthew Prior (1806 - 1873), one of New England'...
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17th Century French Aubusson Verdure Tapestry
Located in New York, NY
A French Aubusson verdure landscape tapestry from the 17th century, featuring a paradisiacal vision of a remote cottage with a beautiful waterfall placed within a lush lakeside setti...
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Pair of Mid-Century Hand-Painted Wall Brackets/Sconces
Located in Bradenton, FL
Pair of mid-century beautifully hand-painted wall brackets/sconces. Wall brackets have gold trim with foliage and pink florals on a turquoise background. Wide 5.5" shelf on top, tria...
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Vintage Maple Hanging Wall Shelves
Located in Germantown, MD
Americsn Vintage Maple hanging wall shelves in good co dition measuring 30"W x 7"D x 27"H.
Use in the kitchen, bathroom or garage as an extra org...
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Mid-20th Century American Regency Wall Decorations
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Maple
Pair of Regency Style Giltwood Wall Brackets
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This stylish and chic set of Italian hand-carved Regency style wall brackets date to the 1920s-1930s. The pieces are finished in gold gilt, and the tops and underside of the bracke...
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18th Century French Oil Painting
Located in Winter Park, FL
A late 18th century French painting depicting a romantic couple in a pastoral setting. Oil on canvas. Unsigned. Original gilded wood frame. Small repair to canvas in the upper left c...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Regency Wall Decorations
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Late 17th Century French Aubusson Tapestry
Located in New York, NY
A French Aubusson rustic tapestry from the late 17th century, with the turbulent sea at center, and other ships docked by the riverside cityscape in the left distance. Enclosed by a narrow monochromatic border. Wool with silk inlay. Measures: 10’1” H x 7’2” W
This tapestry was probably woven after a design by the French painter Claude-Joseph Vernet (1714-1789), renowned for his Marines, or maybe by his student Charles Grenier de Lacroix also known as Lacroix de Marseille...
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French Set of Six Mother of Pearl Miniature Portraits
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of six beautiful hand-painted miniature portraits with mother of pearl details, having bronze framing and velvet cover in the back. Three of the six are signed. Made in France, l...
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Mid-Eighteenth Century French Regency Period Hand-Carved Walnut Fragment
Located in Fayetteville, AR
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Hand-Colored Bird Engravings French 18th Century by Francois-Nicolas Martinet
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Pair of 18th Century French Regence Petite Giltwood Brackets
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rare. Finely-carved petite decorative brackets.
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18th Century French Engravings of Birds
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
François-Nicolas (1725-1804). A set of twelve 18th century French engravings of birds from Histoire Naturelle Des Oiseaux, L'Imprimerie R...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Regency Wall Decorations
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Pair of 18th Century Colonial Oil Paintings Husband Wife American Oval Portrait
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique 18th century oval oil paintings. Features a man and woman (Husband and Wife) dressed in proper attire. Framed in gold. Measure: 35"
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18th Century Antique Regency Wall Decorations
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Canvas, Paint
H 33.5 in W 28.5 in D 1 in
English Regency Period Framed Watercolor, Map of the West Indies & Caribbean Sea
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An original British School Regency Period watercolor, circa 1780-1810, mounted in a Georgian period fruitwood frame. These watercolors were largely painted by young girls from aristo...
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Late 18th Century English Antique Regency Wall Decorations
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H 2 in W 14 in D 15.25 in
English Regency Period Original Watercolor Fruitwood Frame, Speckled Grouse Egg
Located in Philadelphia, PA
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H 1.75 in W 8 in D 8.5 in
English Regency Period Original Watercolor Fruitwood Frame, Red Speckled Egg
Located in Philadelphia, PA
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H 1.75 in W 8 in D 8.5 in
English Regency Period Original Watercolor Fruitwood Frame Black Speckled Egg
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An original British School Regency period watercolor, circa 1780-1835, mounted in a Georgian Period fruitwood frame. These watercolors were largely painted by young girls from aristo...
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Late 18th Century English Antique Regency Wall Decorations
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H 1.75 in W 8 in D 8.5 in
English Regency Period Original Watercolor Fruitwood Frame Primrose Cabbage Rose
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An original British School Regency Period watercolor, circa 1780-1835, mounted in a Georgian Period fruitwood frame. These watercolors were largely painted by young girls from aristo...
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Late 18th Century English Antique Regency Wall Decorations
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Fruitwood, Paper
H 1 in W 11.5 in D 13.75 in
English Regency Period Original Watercolor in Fruitwood Frame, Daisy and Dahila
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An original British School Regency period watercolor, circa 1780-1835, mounted in a Georgian period fruitwood frame. These watercolors were largely painted by young girls from aristo...
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Late 18th Century English Antique Regency Wall Decorations
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Fruitwood, Paper
H 1 in W 11.25 in D 13.5 in
English Regency Period Fruitwood Framed Watercolor, A King Charles Spaniel
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An original British School Regency Period watercolor, circa 1780-1835, mounted in a Georgian Period fruitwood frame. These watercolors were largely painted by young girls from aristo...
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Late 18th Century English Antique Regency Wall Decorations
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Regency wall decorations for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Regency wall decorations for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage wall decorations created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include wall decorations, decorative objects, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, paper and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Regency wall decorations made in a specific country, there are Europe, United Kingdom, and England pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original wall decorations, popular names associated with this style include Schumacher, Miles Redd, george brookshaw, and David Dalby. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for wall decorations differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $30 and tops out at $48,000 while the average work can sell for $1,950.
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